Some E-tailers Are Winning the Race to Profitability, but What's the Prize?

Wednesday

Adam Lashinsky on the State of the Internet

Dan Colarusso on Internet Growth Projections

Katherine Hobson on E-tailers' Push for Profitability

Catherine Valenti on Ailing Internet Funds

Jamie Heller on Using the Net to Track Net Stocks

Thursday

Tracy Byrnes on the Frenzy Next Time

George Mannes on Self-Hating Dot-Coms

K.C. Swanson on Old Economy Winners

David Gaffen on Measuring the Internet Economy

Friday

Ian McDonald on 'Butterfly' Companies

Justin Lahart on Real Net Valuations

Joe Bousquin on Building the Perfect Net Company

A Dan Gross Opinion Piece: Were the Old Guys Right?

TSC Roundtable on Predicting Six-Month Winners

Roland Jones on The Last Days of Daytrading

Eric Gillin on Working for a Dot-Com

FTD.com(EFTD Quote), the online flower retailer, last week became a rarity among Internet stocks: It turned a profit.

Isn't this what every little e-tailer dreams of doing when it grows up? Isn't this what the Street has demanded since the spring's Nasdaq Composite Index washout? Isn't this what being a real company is all about?

Yes, yes and yes, but while FTD.com's stock has added more than a buck since the announcement, it still hovers around $3.25, some 63% below its high of $8.88. Meantime, other companies, from Amazon.com(AMZN Quote) to Alloy Online(ALOY Quote), are seeing their stock prices tread water or even decline as they get closer to that first penny of earnings. ...